A defunct DVD player meant we needed to re-arrange the snake's wedding behind the Idiot's Lantern and one Scart lead became redundant.

Parsimony prevented me from ditching it, so I opened it up to find a useful looking collection of fine cables, some in neat pairs. At 4ft-6" long the 21 different cores will doubtless come in handy, already 2" of the fine black are earmarked for repairing a Graham Farish chassis.

Forgive me if this is an exercise in instructing your mother's mother the art of avian ovoid vacuum content extraction, but having seen these things for sale in Pound shops the idea could save a plank builder enough for a glass or two of SLW.

Doug

Best wishes,

Doug

____________________'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil...' Aesop's Fables

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin

I recently decided that no one would ever want an old centronics printer switch I had lying around so I opened it up to see what was inside. A whole load of short wires ideal for all those small jobs. Network cable and telephone cables are also good sources for wire as well.

One thing to watch out for with some CAT 5 leads - make sure they are not CCA - copper coated aluminium. If connections are soldered, they tend to break very easily. Also the tensile strength is poor. They usually have 'CCA' stamped along the outer sheath.
HTH
Shaun.

Hi Doug. Scart cable,
Your topic from a while back?? On recycling the wire for model railway use , has inspired a question on the voltage that can be carried( not curried?) by the wires, plugs and sockets? I had been getting around to using a spare scart cable for a model railway project , but, I required a socket, then I saw that Maplin had a couple and I went out and purchased one.
Now I am thinking ( I do that sometimes) if you have it earmarked for a Graham Farish chassis, then it should be okay for the LED’s on my layout? Just eight of them. Please advise. Kevin

Well, Kevin, it survived running in a GF chassis for 1/2 hr in each direction on a fairly heavy white metal OO9 loco, so the micro amps that LEDS take should be fine. For peace of mind, when I rigged up a lighting circuit for a card and paper mill ages ago, I left it switched on resting on an old ironing board 'asbestos' square for 24 hours in my workshop (equipped with smoke alarms) and wished I hadn't bothered. My trickle charger for my ride-on mower was warmer!

Doug

____________________'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil...' Aesop's Fables

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin

Chubber wrote: Well, Kevin, it survived running in a GF chassis for 1/2 hr in each direction on a fairly heavy white metal OO9 loco, so the micro amps that LEDS take should be fine. For peace of mind, when I rigged up a lighting circuit for a card and paper mill ages ago, I left it switched on resting on an old ironing board 'asbestos' square for 24 hours in my workshop (equipped with smoke alarms) and wished I hadn't bothered. My trickle charger for my ride-on mower was warmer!

DougHi Doug Thank you very much for your reply. But, what happened to the chassis after that 1/2hr in each direction ??Best wishes. Kevin

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